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The winds continue to be of a historic nature... this is absolutely an unprecedented, historic firestorm,
said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history,
We're throwing everything at our disposal — including our National Guard service members — to protect communities in the days to come,
It looks like he was trying to save the home that his parents had had for almost 55 years,
When I went back in and yelled out his name, he didn't reply back and I had to get out because the embers were so big and flying like a firestorm,
His house is here and he was here too. He was in his bed when I found him. His whole body was there intact,
My husband, he's not from out here, so he kind of was looking at it a little different than we were,
If I’m out with her, you’re getting stopped like four or five times. Everyone knew her. Her generation, my parents’ generation, even all of my friends in high school, they’re all like, 'She was so sweet,
Navarro told NBC News on Thursday We walk outside, you could just see a red glow,
My dad loved his family,
He probably could have gotten himself out but he wasn’t going to leave my brother,
he told NBC News on Friday My son tried to get him to leave, and my neighbors and myself and he said he'll be fine, I'll be here when you guys come back. And he said his house would be here,
With huge losses like this, there is always the chance of smaller insurers going bankrupt and shifting their claims to the state insurance backstop,
The high wildfire risk in California has led to insurance companies withdrawing from underwriting policies in some parts of the state or limiting coverage for perils like wildfire, making it even harder for homeowners to find affordable policies that provide them with the protection they need."
Divya Sangameshwar, LendingTree home insurance expert, said in a statement The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have brought unimaginable devastation to thousands of homeowners, many of whom have lost not just their homes, but also a sense of security. As homeowners begin to navigate the claims process, there is growing concern about whether insurers will be able to fulfill these massive payouts promptly and fairly."
Max Coupland, the CEO of Insuranceopedia told Newsweek One in ten homeowners being uninsured is a truly heartbreaking stat. Unfortunately, it isn't entirely surprising. The California insurance market has been in turmoil for years, and affordable insurance has been hard to find. Major insurers have been pulling out of the market for years, and others have been petitioning for ever higher premiums in order to stay in the market."
InsuranceQuotes.com analyst Michael Giusti told Newsweek California's home insurance market needs urgent reform because homeowners are making this a risky choice due to a lack of affordable options,
Homeowner's insurance can be a complex topic these days. The rising costs and losses experienced by insurance companies have caused more cancellations and non-renewal notices in many parts of the country, including California where fires have been the growing concern."
Title and escrow expert Alan Chang told Newsweek There is no relationship between federal and state water management and the intensity of these fires or the ability of people to fight these fires,
Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank, told the Washington Post He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California,
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